Kochi: The US President Donald Trump has banned scribes representing Politico, CNN and MS HOW from entering the White House accusing them of generating “fiction or lies” about the Trump administration.
All three outlets have spoken out against the decision, accusing Trump of violating their constitutional rights to free speech and freedom of the press.Trump did not mention specific stories or reporting from the three outlets that prompted the move, but later said “it’s really just cumulative stories over the last few years”, BBC reported.
Trump added that there “may be others to join them”, but has not given a directive banning additional news outlets. …”The New York Times is fake news, the Washington Post is fake news,” he said.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press – said it expected Trump’s ban to be struck down quickly by the courts because it was “flatly unconstitutional”.
Several groups dedicated to the freedom of the press have called out Trump’s White House ban as illegal and unconstitutional.
Ban on select media in White House
